“Matt, if Rachel returns, I’ll leave immediately.”
“...Don’t say that.” Matthew frowned. “I said this before. You’re my sister, no matter what. Even if she comes back, you’ll still be my sister.”
Hespr shook her head and smiled, but it looked broken in the cold wind.
“When she comes back, I’ll return her brother to her.”
***
The time she had at Emperion was short. Hesper returned to Genecity, but this time, Matthew didn’t come along.
There was a lot of work to do in Emperion, especially since she had to take part in the competition. The hype that it brought benefited Lane Holdings, so Matthew was busy.
The fourth stage of the competition was around the new year. The most important project in Genecity was the design competition. Hesper didn’t get involved in it, so there was nothing much to do at home.
That morning, she went to room 345 earlier with a bag of flour.
The live-streaming room was still very quiet at that hour. Even Hesper wouldn’t show up so early usually, but
